Deaf/Blind Teen Brutally Beaten By TSA Agents

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: TSA sued for brutal beating Deaf, partially blind teen girl recovering from brain surgery at the Memphis Airport.</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/07/deafblind-teen-brutally-beaten-by-tsa.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Deaf and Blind Teen Girl Brutally Beaten By TSA Agents at the Memphis Airport"><img height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKHUpJaIWUwg2Ib40MeZc4dBgBxdI7PkJHjhArLeN03mgWM15ZYaogFm3WSc5DqPqRqj8ldshs_oCBGN3ns_ElAAEdFhelV9X-RwXIzGYlHPvKyBpoYNazQqmj_w9bGrtTuq8H6FZ2CaO/s320/tsa-agents-brutally-beaten-deaf-girl.jpg" width="250" /></a>MEMPHIS, TN -- A teen just released from brain surgery was beaten by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" target="_blank">Transportation Security Administration</a> (TSA) agents inside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_International_Airport" target="_blank">Memphis International Airport</a> last year, a recent lawsuit alleges.<br /><br /><br /><br />The TSA is listed as a defendant in a suit accusing them of injuring a mentally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability" target="_blank">disabled</a> teen after she was unable to understand or comply with orders at a security checkpoint.<br /><br /><br /><br />Newly surfaced photos show the aftermath of the June 30, 2015 incident, in which agents roughed up 19-year-old Hannah Cohen leaving her bloodied and bruised.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xqfpVWhLz_g" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</span></div><br /><br />“They wanted to do further scanning; she was reluctant. She didn’t understand what they were about to do,” her mother Shirley Cohen told <a href="http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/" target="_blank">WREG</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />The lawsuit claims before Hannah had brain tumor surgery at St. Jude’s hospital, she already had “a physical and mental impairment that substantially limit one or more of her life activities.”<br /><br /><br /><br />“More particularly,” the lawsuit continues, “Hannah has damage from radiation and removal of a brain tumor that substantially limits her ability to speak, walk, stand, see, hear, care for herself, learn and work, think, concentrate, and interact with others.”<br /><br /><br /><br />“This substantial limitation is obvious upon sight and was obvious” on the day of the incident, the lawsuit filed in US District Court states.<br /><br /><br /><br />“She’s trying to get away from them,” Hannah’s mother described, “but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor. And I looked and there’s blood everywhere.”<br /><br /><br /><br />All the while Shirley was kept from being able to help her daughter, causing her “extreme emotional injury as she watched the personnel assault her daughter,” according to court documents obtained by Infowars.<br /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.flymemphis.com/airport-police" target="_blank">Memphis International Airport Police Department</a> is also included as a defendant in the suit for “arresting her for no cause.”<br /><br /><br /><br />“Hannah was arrested, booked and on the night she should have been celebrating the end of her treatment, she was locked up in Jail East,” reports WREG.<br /><br /><br /><br />“Here we were with nowhere to go, not even a toothbrush, our bags had gone to Chattanooga,” Shirley said.<br /><br /><br /><br />TSA did not comment on the case, but referred travelers with special accommodations to call their TSA Cares hotline. The Cohens’ are asking for $100,000 in damages.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>

Deaf/Blind Teen Brutally Beaten By TSA Agents

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Police Uses Sign Language Saved Deaf Teen Life

VIDEO [CC] - <i><b>Deaf News: Raleigh police officer uses sign language to talk Deaf ratchet teen off bridge in North Carolina, Mom says:</b></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2016/02/police-uses-sign-language-saved-deaf.html" title="Raleigh police officer uses sign language to talk Deaf teen off bridge"><img height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qtswLelkbbnOVe28zvcQlm0Aw9EexaVGKQIFkA-oSc_c0bNWf25__-1BUeku1paGe9rRL15xBe1-Hrb2DYjOT9oaGhGIhqPHZBjzO1NJlaKpMpUMk8jROMXsjtR-tl5n1JI-fthbyAkf/s400/police-officer-uses-sign-language-to-talk-deaf-teen-off-bridge.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br />RALEIGH, NC -- WNCN-TV: A Raleigh police officer used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language" target="_blank">sign language</a> to talk a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_loss" target="_blank">Deaf</a> 16-year-old off the Rock Quarry Road bridge over I-40 on Tuesday, according to the officer’s father and witnesses at the scene.<br /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://nbc4i.com/2016/02/19/mom-of-deaf-teen-says-police-officer-saved-her-suicidal-daughter/" target="_blank">mother of a Deaf teen says a Raleigh police officer saved her daughter’s life</a> after he used sign language to help talk her off a bridge.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=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" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</span></div><br /><br />Maria Daley says she was “terrified and didn’t know what to do” as her daughter was standing on a bridge over Interstate 40 Tuesday afternoon.<br /><br /><br /><br />She says she’s grateful for the officer who used sign language to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication" target="_blank">communicate</a> with her 16-year-old daughter until she came down off the bridge.<br /><br /><br /><br />“If the officer had not been there, she probably would have jumped,” said Daley to <a href="http://wncn.com/" target="_blank">WNCN</a>. “Normally when the police are called, none of the officers know sign language. I’m very excited someone was out there to communicate with her.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Raleigh police blocked all lanes near Rock Quarry Road starting around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The girl came off the bridge around 4:45 p.m. She was unharmed, police said, and was being evaluated at a local crisis center.<br /><br /><br /><br />Daley says her daughter “got upset and said she was going to hurt herself” after Daley took away her phone. Daley later found a note left for her saying she was going to the bridge.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=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" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To activate this feature, press the "CC" button.</span></div><br /><br />Daley says she was trying to protect her daughter by taking the phone away after she caught the teen using anonymous messaging apps on her phone, such as <a href="http://www.kik.com/" target="_blank">Kik</a>. The popular messaging app has been linked to a growing number of child sexual abuse cases.<br /><br /><br /><br />The officer has declined to be identified and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh_Police_Department" target="_blank">Raleigh Police Department</a> says they have no <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language" target="_blank">American Sign Language</a> training program. The officer learned how to sign on his own, police say.<br /><br /><br /><br />One of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Department_of_Transportation" target="_blank">North Carolina Department of Transportation</a> cameras picked up the officer making gestures to the girl. Witnesses tell WNCN they saw the officer communicate with the girl by sign language for about 30 minutes.<br /><br /><br /><br />“It’s good that he knew sign language, I feel like more people need to learn it,” said witness Sean Day. “It shows that he had a lot of patience and he didn’t let whatever he had on his mind interfere with what was going on.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Daley hopes the powerful moment will encourage more people to learn sign language, leading to more shared connections and maybe saved lives. <a href="http://wncn.com/2016/02/17/raleigh-police-officer-uses-sign-language-to-talk-deaf-teen-off-bridge/" target="_blank">Source</a>

Police Uses Sign Language Saved Deaf Teen Life

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